humanities

The generosity of Kwame J. Granderson, a real estate attorney and developer, will help generations of Bruins ‘write to the top’ of any field they choose.

A curated selection of stories from across the UCLA campus spotlighting Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander voices, histories and research.

A curated selection of stories from across the UCLA campus spotlighting Jewish American voices, histories and research.

The collaboration with Kyoto’s Ritsumeikan University will create what could become the largest digital collection of its kind outside of Japan.

Floridalma Boj Lopez’s new book reminds audiences that Maya are still here and are critical cultural producers.

Maltese is spoken by only about 530,000 people worldwide, but it sparked a friendship between 2 UCLA grad students.

UCLA College’s “Cabinet of Curiosities” podcast explores folklore, festivity and the afterlife with scholar Henry Ansgar Kelly.

The study led by UCLA professor Thiago Puglieri incorporates meaningful input from the Amazon region’s Tikuna community.

The approach aims to make ancient Greek and Roman studies more accessible — more personal, even — for more students.

Linguistics professor Jessica Rett is studying how different words related to ‘cancer’ can influence patients’ treatment decisions.

The lecturer’s novel follows the lives of a middle-class family from Altadena, California, where she was born and raised.

Uprooted from Los Angeles, a husband and wife chronicled 17 years through tanka poems.

Francesca Caccini’s “La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’Isola di Alcina,” which premiered in Florence, Italy, will come to life in Los Angeles.

A prolific editor and author, Braunmuller was acclaimed for expertise on Shakespeare and the English Renaissance.

The linguistics professor studies how children from a wide range of backgrounds learn speech and language from their environments.

The textbook for Zrinka Stahuljak’s winter 2025 course is generated by the Kudu platform.

In his new book and a Dec. 3 lecture, William Schniedewind offers bold new answers to the eternally fascinating question.

Alumnus Tom Bye and husband David Bohne continue to celebrate a linguistics love story.

He joined UCLA in 1966 as an assistant professor of English and in 1978, he became a full professor and English department chair.

The executive and philanthropist’s gift, which will support the Japan Past & Present initiative, is the largest in the history of the Humanities Division.

UCLAの人文科学部への寄付として過去最高額。

Live performances, which are free to the public, will take place at the UCLA Nimoy Theater from Sept. 12 to 17.

The annual award honors a mid-career faculty member with a distinguished record of teaching, research and service.

“Grand Theft Eco” considers the city’s environmental future, along with economic and social justice issues.

By transcribing a once-forgotten scientist’s writings, a UCLA doctoral candidate is teaching students about female representation in STEM.